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Patented Sept. 24, 1895.

A. MOONBLIS. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

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A. MOONELIS. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

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No. 546,823. Patented Sept. 24, 1895,

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ADOLPH MOONELIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS,TO THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

CIGARETTEBMACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,823, datedSeptember 24, 1895.

Application filed J'uly 5, 1394. Serial No. 516,601. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPH MooNELIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specilcation.

My invention has reference to improvements in the class ofcigarettemaking machines in which a wrapper is wound upon a filler bythe action of a rolling-belt and bunching-roller, which machine may alsobe provided with cutters for trimming the ends of the completedcigarettes.

The particular machine to which my invention pertains is also providedwith means for rolling the completed cigarette after it is deliveredfrom the rolling devices or from the end trimming cutters. Such amachine is illustrated in my United States Patent No. 514,240, datedFebruary 6, 1894, and the object of my present invention is to give thecompleted cigarette a suitable rubbing or rolling, forward and backward,in contradistinction to the single rolling movement given the cigarettein my said patent.

In my present invention, in addition to the rolling and trimming devicesfor the cigarette, I provide a chute or plate to receive the finishedcigarette, and a rubber to act with said chute or plate to roll thecigarette between them, and this rubber is operated by mechanism thatmoves it forward, then backward and forward again, so as to give thecigarette several turns under the pressure of the rubber. Thisto-and-fro movement of the rubber secures important advantages over therolling of the cigarette in but one direction and a superior product isthus secured. In

rolling a cigarette in but one direction wrinkles are sometimes made inthe wrapper; but such wrinkles are avoided bythe to-andfro motion, thereverse movement rubbing out any wrinkles that may be formed during themovement in the opposite direction. This to-and-fro rubbing motion alsodraws the wrapper more tightly than a movement in but one direction andis much more efficient in rubbing down lumps in the filling and fibersor veins in the wrapper.

The invention includes, also, an improved construction employing a brushcarried by the rubber, by which the chute or plate, with which therubber coacts, is constantly brushed and kept clean of the smallparticles of tobacco, which otherwise might be rolled into the wrapperof the cigarette, this brush being applicable in connection with therubber whether the latter rolls the cigarette to and fro or in but onedirection.

The invention further consists in the novel details of improvement andthe combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth,and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming parthereof, wherein- Figure l is a central longitudinal section of acigarette-machine embodying my improvements, showing the rubber inposition to receive a cigarette beneath it. Fig. 2 is a similar Viewshowing the rubber as advancing on a forward stroke. Fig. 3 shows therubber as having returned on its inward stroke, and Fig. 4 shows therubber as having completed its stroke.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the several Views, the numeral 1indicates a suitable frame, 2 is a rolling-table, 3 is a rolling apron,4 is a bunching-roller, 5 and 6 are cutters for trimming the ends of thecigarette as it is delivered from the rolling-apron, 7 is awrapper-carrier to deliver a wrapper to the rolling-apron, and 8 is asuitable pasting mechanismfor applying paste to the wrapper. The aboveparts are or may be constructed or arranged to operate in mannersubstantially similar to my said Patent No. 514,240, and I thereforerefer to said patent for a more detailed description of said parts.

10 is a chute or plate that is shown carried by the frame 1, adjacent tothe cutters 5 and 6, and arranged to receive acigarette 11 from saidcutters.

12 is a rubber lying within said chute or over the bottom thereof andarranged to bear upon a cigarette in said chute or on the bottom platethereof, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Suitable mechanism is providedfor giving said rubber ato-and-fro movement in said chute. The mechanism1 have shown is as IOO follows: 13 is a rod pivotally connected with therubber 12, as by lugs 14 on said rubber, that receive a pivot 15. Therod 13 is pivotally connected to a rocking arm 16 that is carried by apivot 17, supported by the frame 1. The rocking arm 16 is pivotallyconnected with a reciprocating rod 13, that is preferably forked at itsend 19 to straddle the shaft 20, whereby said rod is guided. The rod 18preferably carries a friction-roller 2l, that bears on a suitably-shapedcam 22 on the shaft 20 which shaft may be rotated by any suitable means.A spring 23, connected with the arm 16 or rod 1S and with the frame 1,acts against the cam 22 to cause reciprocatiou of the rod 1S. From theabove it will be understood that as the cam 22 turns, the parts 13,16,and 1S will be operated to move the rubber' 12 to and fro over the plate10 of the chute. The cam 22 is provided with an extended portion 24,which, when presented to the roller 21, will tilt the arm 16, so as tomove the rubber 12 to its inward position ready to receive a cigarettefrom the cutters 5 6, as shown in Fig. 1.

25 is a depressed portion of said cam soarranged that when the roller 21is in contact therewith the arm 16 will be turned to move the rubber 12forward to partly roll the cigarette, as shown in Fig. 2. The cam 22also has a projecting portion 26 so arranged that when the roller21 isin contact therewith, asin Fig. 3, the arm 16 will be turned to move therubber 12 inwardly again to roll back the cigarette, or in a reversedirection to its rolling by the part 25 of the cam 22. The cam 22 alsohas a part 27 that is nearer the shaft 2O than the other parts of thecam, so that when the roller 21 is in contact therewith the arm 16 willbe given a full outward movement at its upper end, whereby the rubber 12will be moved fully forward to again roll the cigarette in the directioncorresponding to its movement by the part 25 of the cam, and to carrysaid rubber suliciently far to move the cigarette out of the chute orfrom the plate 10, so that the cigarette can be received in any suitablereceptacle. From the foregoing it will be understood that as the cam 22rotates the rubber 12 will be moved forward a suitable distance to rollthe cigarette in one direction, then backward to rollthe cigarette inthe opposite direction, and again forward to further roll the cigaretteand to deliver it from the chute and rubber. The rubber 12 is to besuitably guided in its movements, and for this purpose I have shownguides 30, that may consist of the sides of the chute 10, if desired, ormay be otherwise suitably arranged, and carried by the frame 1. Theguides 30 are shown provided each with a slot 31, that throughout thecentral portion of its extent lies parallel with the bottom of the chute10. The ends of the slots 31 are shown curved or turned upwardly, andthe rubber 12 is provided with pins or projections 32 that enter theslots 31, whereby the rubber is caused to follow the direction of theslots 31. XVhen one pin 32 is at the inner end of the slot 31, the inneredge ofthe rubber 12 will be raised, as shown in Fig. 1, so that it canreceive a eigarette 11 between it and the part 10. \Vhen the pins 32 arein the central part of the slots 31, the rubber will be parallel withthe part 10, as in Figs. 2 and 3, whereby the rubber is guided in liliesparallel with the part 10 to properly roll the cigarette. IVhen theouter pins 32 are in the outer ends of the slots 3l, the outer edge ofthe rubber 12 will be raised, as Shown in Fig. 4.

In order to insure that the rubber 12 will carry the cigarette away fromthe part 10, or the bottom of the chute or the rubbing plate, as well asto keep said plate free from debris, I provide the inner part of therubber12 with a suitable brush 33, that may bear on the bottom of thechute or the plate 10, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This brush, when therubber passes to the position shown in Fig. 4, will sweep the rolledcigarette from the chute or plate 10.

It is evident that the guides 30 may be suitably arranged to cause therubber 12 to have proper motions relatively to the chute or plate 10 andthat the particular devices shown for giving the rubber a to-and-fromotion may be changed or modified without departing from the spirit ofmy invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a cigarettemachine, the combination ot means for making a cigarette, with a rubbingdevice for rolling the cigarette and means for giving the movable partof said device a to and fro motion to roll the cigarette back and forth,substantially as described.

2. In a cigarette machine, the combination of mechanism for making acigarette, with a chute or plate a rubber to coact therewith in rollinga cigarette, and means for giving said rubber a to and fro motion toroll the cigarette back and forth, substantially as described.

3. In a cigarette machine, the combination of mechanism for making acigarette, with a chute or plate adapted to receive a cigarettetherefrom, a rubber to co-act with said chute or plate in rolling acigarette, a cam arranged to move said rubber to and fro to roll thecigarette back and forth and devices connecting said rubber with saidcam whereby the latter can operate the former, substantially asdescribed.

11. In a cigarette machine the combination of mechanism for making acigarette, with a chtite or plate to receive a cigarette therefrom, arubber to co-act with said chute or plate in rolling a cigarette, arock-arm 16, a rod 13 pivotally connecting said arm with said rubber anda rod 18 pivotally connected with said rock arm and a cam to actuatesaid rod 18 and having portions arranged to recipro- ICO IIO

cate the rod 18 to move said rubber to and fro, to roil a cigarette backand forth, substantially as described.

5. In a cigarette machine the combination of mechanism for making acigarette, with a chute or plate to receive a cigarette therefrom, arubber to act with said chute or plate in rolling a cigarette, a cam tooperate said rubber, said cam having projecting portion 24, depression25, projecting portion 26 and depression part 27, and with mechanismconnecting said cam With said rubber, as and for the purposes specified.

G. In a cigarette machine, mechanism for making a cigarette combinedwith a chute or plate to receive a cigarette therefrom, a rubn ber toact with said chute or plate, a brush carried by said rubber to sweepsaid chute or plate, and means for operating said rubber to roll acigarette, substantially as described. zo i '7. In a cigarette machine,mechanism for making a cigarette, combined with a chute or plate toreceive a cigarette therefrom, a rubber to act with said chute or plateto roll a cigarette, guides for said rubber having z 5 slots 3l, thatare parallel with said chute or plate at one portion and turnedoutwardly at another portion, pins or projections carried by said rubberto travel in said slots, and"B means for operating said rubber to roll acig- 3o arette, substantially as described.

ADOLPH MOONELIS. Witnesses:

J. GREEN, M. V. BIDGooD, J. H. SCHMIDT.

